Cyr led the Crimson with her first hat trick of the season
in a losing effort against Cornell (Gil Talbot).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 16 Harvard
women's lacrosse team suffered its first loss of the 2012 campaign
Saturday, 12-6, against Cornell at Soldiers Field Lacrosse
Stadium.

Micaela
Cyr recorded a hat trick and Danielle
Tetreault registered a two-goal game to lead the Crimson (1-1)
offense while Kelly Weis recorded
eight saves in the losing effort. Cyr converted three of four shot
attempts and produced in the defensive game as well, as she led the
team in caused turnovers with three and tallied two groundballs.

Cornell (2-0) held advantages in many statistical categories,
including a 33-18 edge in shots. The Big Red also finished the
contest leading in groudballs, 15-11, and draw controls, 11-9.
Amanda D'Amico led Cornell with three goals while four other Big
Red student-athletes had two-goal games including Jessi Steinburg,
Olivia Knotts, Shannon McHugh, and Caroline Salisbury. Cacki Helmer
was a force in the defensive game, leading the team in groundballs
with six and caused turnovers tallying four.

The Big Red opened the scoring early in the first half as Knotts
took a pass from McHugh, and notched her fourth goal of the season
less than three minutes in. Harvard responded at the 26:25 mark of
the first half as Tetreault evened the score at 1-1, tallying her
second goal in 2012. Lindsay Toppe put Cornell back on top 2-1 with
16:37 left in first half and sparked a run of four-straight goals
for the Big Red. Caroline Salisbury tallied two of those markers,
with the first coming at 8:46 off a free-position opportunity, and
the second at 4:01. McHugh made it 5-1 Cornell with 2:07 left in
the half, tallying her third goal of the season, but Harvard ended
the stanza on a high note, cutting the deficit to 5-2, as Tetreault
scored her second goal of the day with 1:50 left in the frame.

Harvard climbed even closer to begin the second half when Jenn Leffew
notched Harvard's third goal of the game, assisted by Jennifer
VanderMeulen. Cyr scored her first of the game, second of the
season, with the assist credited to Leffew, four minutes later. The
Big Red answered right back, scoring the next two goals to increase
its lead to 7-4 thanks to two markers by Steinberg. The Crimson
didn't go away, however, responding just 13 seconds later as Cyr
scored her second of the game to make it 7-5. Cornell struck again
though, scoring the next two to make it a 9-5 game, before Cyr
found the back of the net for a third time completing the hat trick
at the 14:32 mark of the second half. The Big Red finished teh game
on a 3-0 run to seal the victory 12-6.

Harvard will return to action Tuesday, March 6 against James
Madison at Soldiers Field Lacrosse Stadium. First draw is scheduled
for 3:30 p.m.